Attention homeowner: If you are a military service member on active duty, if your period of active duty has concluded less than 90 days ago, or if you have been ordered to active duty, please contact the attorney for the party foreclosing the mortgage at the telephone number stated in this notice. Notice of foreclosure by advertisement. Notice is given under section 3212 of the revised judicature act of 1961, 1961 PA 236, MCL 600.3212, that the following mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at a public auction sale to the highest bidder for cash or cashier’s check at the place of holding the circuit court in Barry County, starting promptly at 1:00 PM on MARCH 13, 2025. The amount due on the mortgage may be greater on the day of the sale. Placing the highest bid at the sale does not automatically entitle the purchaser to free and clear ownership of the property. A potential purchaser is encouraged to contact the county register of deeds office or a title insurance company, either of which may charge a fee for this information. Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by Nicholas Toecker and Rachel Antony, husband and wife, to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., as nominee for Ark-La-Tex Financial Services, LLC dba Benchmark Mortgage, Mortgagee, dated April 10, 2023 and recorded April 12, 2023 in Instrument Number 2023-002951 and Affidavit Affecting Realty recorded on January 29, 2025, in Instrument Number 2025-000738, Barry County Records, Michigan. Said mortgage is now held by Data Mortgage, Inc. dba Essex Mortgage, by assignment. There is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of One Hundred Seventy-Two Thousand Six Hundred Ninety and 67/100 Dollars ($172,690.67). Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue at the place of holding the circuit court within Barry County, Michigan at 1:00 PM on MARCH 13, 2025. Said premises are located in the City of Hastings, Barry County Michigan, and are described as: Lot 35, Supervisor Chase's Addition No. 2 to the City (formerly Village) of Hastings, Barry County, Michigan, except the West 123 feet thereof, according to the recorded plat thereof, filed in Liber 3, Page 2, records of Barry County, State of Michigan. 918 N Michigan Ave, Hastings, Michigan 49058 The redemption period shall be 6 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCLA §600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale. If the property is sold at foreclosure sale, pursuant to MCL 600.3278, the borrower will be held responsible to the person who buys the property at the mortgage foreclosure sale or to the mortgage holder for damage to the property during the redemption period. Dated: February 13, 2025 File No. 25-000855 Firm Name: Orlans Law Group PLLC Firm Address: 1650 West Big Beaver Road, Troy MI 48084 Firm Phone Number: (248) 502.1400 (02-13)(03-06)